Difference between impossibility of performance and frustration of purpose

Impossibility of performance: The situation when a contracting party is released from the obligation for reasons outside his/her control to perform a contract on the grounds that circumstances have made such performance impossible.

Frustration of purpose: An excuse for the non-performance of a duty due to the delay of the provider for reasons that were unforeseen and beyond the control of the provider.

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